Tag: Malagacy

Trainer Todd Pletcher announced that Malagacy and Battalion Runner will not race in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs. Malagacy will be pointed to the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes on …

Since 2004, two Arkansas Derby (G1) winners (American Pharoah and Smarty Jones) and one runner-up (Super Saver) have gone on to wear the roses. Half a dozen more Arkansas Derby entrants have hit the board …

Trainer Todd Pletcher is far better than the lone Kentucky Derby (GI) win on his resume (Super Saver in 2010) suggests. Perhaps Pletcher is overdue to win another Run for the Roses because he now …

Sumaya U.S. Stable’s Malagacy catapulted himself right into the center of the Kentucky Derby (GI) picture with an impressive two-length victory in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (GII) at Oaklawn Park. The son of 2011 Preakness …

A field of 11 3-year-olds is expected to head postward in Saturday’s lucrative $900,000 Rebel Stakes (GII) at Oaklawn Park, the last major prep for the April 15 Arkansas Derby (GI). The 1 1/16-mile event …